Ash-sifter



(No Model.)

"G. WEXLER.

ASH SIPT ER.

No. 509,984. Patented Dec. 5,- 1 893 amenboz I'Nl NATIONAL muocummeoupm.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE lVEXLER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,984, dated December5, 1893.

Application filed March 23, 1893. Serial No. 467,255. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WEXLER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ash-Sifters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the lettors of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an ash-sifter which shall beof low cost to manufacture and of great durability, shall be easy ofmanipulation, and shall effectually prevent the flying of dust.

The improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-Figure 1 isa front elevation of the improved sifter opened for thedischarge of the sifted coals, parts being broken out to show featuresof construction more clearly and a portion of an ash-barrel beingrepresented by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of thesame. Fig. 3 is an outline View on a much smaller scale than Figs. 1 and2, showinga slightly modified form.

The sitter comprises a conical or tapered lower portion A which isadapted to enter the ash can or barrel and to fit different sizes of thesame, a casing B which is mounted upon the lower portion A, and asifting cylinder C. The casing B is preferably rectangular 111 form andmay have a detachable cover Z), as shown in Fig. 2, or it may have afixed top and be made somewhat higher, as shown in Fig. 3. One side I)of the casing B is formed as a door which may be opened to permit themixed coal and ashes to be introduced into the cylinder 0 and also toconstitute a chute, as indicated in Fig. 1 and by dotted lines in Fig.2, to conduct the sifted coals from the cylinder to asuitablereceptacle. The door I) is formed with inwardly turned flanges b whichfit closely within the ends of the casing B. A pivot 19 passes througheach flange 13 31110. the adjacent end of the casing B upon which theside or door I) may be swung. The door is extended considerably belowthe top a of the lower portion A so that when swung into the dotted lineposition shown in Fig. 2, it may extend below the cylinder 0, and at theproper point is provided with teeth 17'' which may be formed by punchingup the material of which the door is formed. These teeth are adapted toengage the cylinder A when the door is in the position represented bydotted lines and to hold the same from turning from the position inwhich it may be desired to have it remain. The door is also provided onits front face with a dust flange Z) which is so placed as to restclosely against the under side of the top a of the lower part A andprevent the escape of dust at that point.

The cylinder 0 is mounted on trunnions c which are journaled in the endsof the casing B and one of which maybe fitted with acrank D. Thecylinder is formed of wire screen or other suitable foraminous materialand has closed ends 0', c, and a hinged or movable portion c to form adoor through which the mixed ashes and coals may be introduced and thesifted coals removed.

A suitable fastening device 0 may be provided to hold the door fromopening.

In the use of my improved sifter the top I) is first removed if the formof the casing shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is employed and the door I) isswung down to permit access to the cylinder. WVith the form of easingshown in Fig. 3 the distance of the top above the cylinder is sufficientto permit access to the latter without removing the top. The cylinder isthen opened to receive the coal and-ashes and having been closed againand the door I) of the casing having been closed the cylinder is rotateduntil the ashes have been separated from the coals The ashes fall fromthe cylinder into the barrel or can below and the dust is prevented ingreat measure from rising through the sifter by the inward taperingsides of the lower portion A. The door I) is then swung down while thecylinder is rotated to bring its door 0 about into the position shown inFig. 2 and is there held by the teeth of the door I). The cylinder isthen opened and the coals removed, the door I) then forming a convenientchute by which the coals can be conducted to a suitable receptacle.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with a sifting cylinder,

of a casing inclosing and supporting the same, one side of said casingbeing pivoted and extended below the line of its pivots and providedwith teeth to engage the cylinder and hold it in position, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. The combination with a sifting cylinder, of a casing having a lowerportion to rest upon a barrel and an upper portion to inclose andsupport the cylinder, the said upper portion having one of its sidespivoted and extended below the line of the pivots and pro- GEORGEWEXLER.

Witnesses: A. N. J ESBERA,

A. WIDDER.

